Properly doing imports to avoid conflicting modules

Question

I've written a few tools to run inside a python environment, specifically Autodesk Maya (A 3d animation package software). Generally i like to build my tools with the same folder structure as scene below.

I was wondring, how would i properly write my 'import' statements in the utils/general.py file if i wanted it to import views/objects.py without conflicting and trying to import from the wrong tool?

ToolA
    - views/
        objects.py
    - utils/
        general.py
    main.py


ToolB
    - views/
        objects.py
    - utils/
        general.py
    main.py

One could use relative imports -- something like `from ..views import objects` — jakub, Apr 22 '21 at 15:41
Does that avoid the python environment from importing from the wrong location? — JokerMartini, Apr 22 '21 at 15:42
When executing the general.py file with this `from .models import models` i get the following error `attempted relative import with no known parent package` — JokerMartini, Apr 22 '21 at 15:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 22 '21 at 16:27

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You might want to look into the package/module concepts for Python. Specifically, adding __init__.py files may help your imports.

See this answer for somewhere to get started: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4116384/3856731

answered Apr 22 '21 at 16:27

Eric Canton

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Properly doing imports to avoid conflicting modules

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